Carrier for barrels and the like.



PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906.

J. MITCHELL. CARRIER FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1905.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application filed May 24, 1905. Serial No- 262,004.

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN MrrcHELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Dannemora, in the county of Clinton and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Carrier for Barrels and the Like,

of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

This invention relates to carriers for barrels and'the like; and itconsists substantially in the details of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in theclaims.

One of the-principal. objects of the invention is to provide a structureof this kind of an embodiment to overcome numerous disadvantages andobjections encountered in the use of many other structures hithertodevised for similar purposes.

A further object is toprovide a' device or structure of the characterreferred to which is exceedingly simple in construction andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture, besides being strong anddurable and not liable to get out of order, thoroughly effective andreliable for its purposes, and possessing the capacity for long andrepeated service.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantiallysuch as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of a carrier for barrels and the like embodyingmy improvements. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 isalso a side view showing the duplicate sets of handles in the positionto which they are carried for the purpose of causing the clamping 'orgrappling devices of the structure to take upon the sides of a barrel orthe like for the purpose of lifting the same and carrying it from oneplace to another.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated thatin the form of my improvements herein shown I provide the carrier withduplicate sets of speciallyconstructed handles, with which arecooperatively organized specially-constructed clamping or grapplingdevices, between which the sides of a barrel or the like are receivedand tightly embraced for the purpose of enabling the barrel to be liftedfrom the ground or other support and carried from one place to another.The device or structure is admirably adapted for use by bricklayers,masons,

and other mechanics having to carry barrels of sand, cement, and simllarmaterials from place to place under the ordinaryrequirements of theirtradesas, for instance, when engaged in the erection of a building orthe construction of a sewer, &c.

While I, have herein represented my improvements in a certain preferredemb0di-. ment, it will be understood, of course, that I do not limitmyself thereto in precise detail, since immaterial changes therein maybe resorted to coming within the scope of my invention.

Reference being had to the drawings by the designating charactersthereon, 1 and 2 represent handles of duplicate sets, those of each setbeing preferably connected at 3 by means of a rung or in any othersuitable way, while the adjacent ends of the handles of the two sets arepivotally joined together in any suitable way at 4, by which they may becarried either to substantially a true horizontal position withreference toeach other, as indicated in Fig. 1, or to a downwardinclination with reference to each other, as indicated in Fig. 3, theform of connection herein shown being preferably by means of .a tenon 5,formed at the inner end of one of the handles of each set, fitting andworking in a corresponding mortise 6, formed in the inner end of thecorresponding handle of the other set, pivots 7 being employed foruniting the corresponding handles, as shown.

Suspended from each of the rungs 3 by means of pins 8 passingtherethrough (see Figs. 1 and 3) is a pair or set of links 9, to thelower ends of which are loosely connected at 10 suitable pins or otherdevices 11, to which are fastened or secured in any suitable manneroppositely-disposed curved or segmental members 12, the extremities ofwhich have connected thereto at 13 the crossed inner extremities of setsof suitable rods 14, the outer ends of which are loosely connected at 15to the under sides or edges of the handles of the two sets, hereinbeforereferred to. To permit of the handles of the two sets being carried to adownward inclination with respect to each other, Fig. 3, the inner edgesof each of the said handles in which is formed the mortise is beveleddownwardly and outwardly in the direction of the free ends of thehandles, as indicated at 16, although it is apparent that other meansmay be resorted to for this purpose.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the sets of handles arecarried to inclined positions with relation to each other the segmentalmembers 12 will be carried apart or separated from each other for somedistance, and then by slipping the structure downwardly over a barrel orthe like, so as to bring the said segmental members on opposite sidesthereof, the said barrel will be firmly clamped between or grappled bythe segmental members on carrying the sets of handles upwardly to thehorizontal position. (Shown in Fig. 1.) To transport the barrel from oneplace to another, it is simply necessary to carry it in the ordinary wayby grasping the free ends of the handles thereof, and to again depositthe barrel upon the ground or other supporting-surface it is simplynecessary to seat the same thereon at its lower end and again carry thesets .of handles downwardly, which'releases the clamping or grape plingdevices and enables the structure to be lifted entirely free of thebarrel, all of which, it is thought, will be quite apparent from thedrawings.

The sets of parallel rods 14 ma be substituted by strong wires, ifdesired; ut for purposes of strength and certainty of operation I preferthe use of said rods, it being noted in Fig. 2' that in order to derivea free and uninterrupted working between the sets thereof the rods ofone of the sets arebent outwardly, as indicated at 17, by which toprovide a clearance for the portions of the rods of the other setcrossing therewith.

As a means for enabling the structure to be raised or elevated to anydesired height with a barrel clamped between the segmental members 12thereof I prefer in some instances to'provide the handles 1 and 2 withpulleys or rings 17, Fig. 1, around or throu h which hoisting cables orchains may be passed in an obvious manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1 1 1. A carrier for barrels and the like comprisingduplicate sets of pivotally-connected handles adapted to be carried to adownward inclination with reference to each other, segmental grapplingmembers loosely suspended therefrom, and sets of rods crossing eachother and movably connected at their ends to the ends of said segmentalmembers and the under sides of the handles of each set, respectively.

2. A carrier for barrels and the like comprising duplicate sets ofhandles constructed at their adjacent ends with mortise-and-tenon jointsand connected by a pivot, the inner ends of the handles of one set beingbeveled downwardly and outwardly, loosely supported segmental grapplingmembers occupying a position beneath the lower edges of the handles, andmeans loosely connecting the ends of each of said members with the underside of the handles of the set opposite thereto.

3. A carrier for barrels and the like comprising duplicate sets .ofhandles constructed at their adjacent ends with mortise-and-tenon jointsand connected by a pivot, the inner ends of the handles of one set beingbeveled downwardly and outwardly, loosely supported segmental grapplingmembers occupying a position beneath the lower edges of the handles, andcrossed rods loosely connecting the ends of each of said members withthe under side of the handles of the set opposite thereto. j

4. A carrier for barrels and the like comprising duplicate sets ofhandles constructed at their adjacent ends with mortise-and-tenon jointsand connected by a pivot, the inner ends of the handles of one set beingbeveled downwardly and outwardly, loosely supported segmental grapplingmembers occupying a position beneath the lower edges of the handles,and'crossed rods loosely connecting the .ends of each of said memberswith the under side of the handles of the set opposite thereto, portionsof the rods of one set being bent to provide clearance for correspondingportions of the rods of the other set.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JOHN MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

AMos T. BAKER, FRANK J. WEIGAND.

